Johnny's Pheasant masculinity Harjo’s tale of a hardscrabble

Harjo’s tale of a hardscrabble youth

with his wife

Deer remains as committed as ever to human rights

Sarah Deer (Muskogee Creek Nation)

Angela Mesic

Johnny's Pheasant masculinity Harjo’s tale of a hardscrabbleAn encounter with a pheasant (which may or may not be sleeping) takes a surprising turn in this sweetly serious and funny story of a Native American boy and his grandma. "Pull over, Grandma! Hurry!" Johnny says. Grandma does, and Johnny runs to show her what he spotted near the ditch: a sleeping pheasant. What Grandma sees is a small feathery hump. When Johnny wants to take it home, Grandma tries to tell him that the pheasant might have been hit by a